Deals of the day- Mergers and acquisitions

June 2 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 2000 GMT on Thursday:

** Johnson & Johnson said it would acquire Vogue International for $3.3 billion, adding brands such as OGX shampoos and FX hair styling products to its consumer portfolio that includes Neutrogena and Clean & Clear.

** Bank of Montreal said it would acquire Greene Holcomb Fisher, a U.S.-based merger and acquisition advisory firm, in a push to strengthen its investment banking business in the United States, particularly in the Midwest.

** Paper company Mondi Ltd said it had signed a deal to buy 90 percent shares in Turkey’s Kalenobel for around 90 million euro ($101 million) as part of a plan to grow its packaging business.

** Germany’s Bilfinger has agreed to sell its real estate services unit to private equity group EQT for 1.2 billion euros ($1.34 billion), leaving the former major German construction group focused solely on industrial plant services.

** Nissan Motor Co will close the first bidding round for its stake in auto parts supplier Calsonic Kansei Corp by June 10 in a sale overseen by Bank of America Merrill Lynch, sources involved in the process said.

** Kroton Educacional SA, Latin America’s biggest for-profit education company, is preparing an unsolicited offer for smaller rival Estácio Participações SA, setting the stage for what may turn into the largest hostile takeover in one of Brazil’s fast-growing industries.

** VTB Bank, Russia’s second largest lender, “has heard” about Russian tycoon Mikhail Prokhorov’s interest in selling a stake in Uralkali, the world’s largest potash producer, to a fertilizer maker Uralchem, the bank’s head said.

** Italy’s Banco Popolare is considering selling shares in a planned 1 billion euro ($1.1 billion) rights issue at a discount of around 30 percent, a source with knowledge of the matter said.

** Slovenia will go ahead with the privatization of hygienic tissue producer Paloma after Polish investment fund Abris Capital canceled its takeover bid for the firm, state holding company Slovenian Sovereign Holding said.

** U.S. agricultural trader Cargill Inc said on Wednesday it has signed an agreement to acquire Five Star Custom Foods Ltd, a Texas-based company specializing in cooked protein products, soups and sauces for restaurants and food processors.

** Dutch postal company PostNL is not soliciting buyers, Chief Executive Herna Verhagen said in a post on the company’s internal website.